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it does not demand the closing of guantanamo. it does say that detainees, whether they're held at guantanamo or somewhere else, can come to the united states if the administration decides that they should be tried in a regular court or can be tried in the military court at guantanamo or even somewhere else. now it may be that we keep talking about terrorists. some of these people are terrorists. some are accused of being terrorists. and are not. some were simply picked up by a rival group in afghanistan and sold for $5,000 for a bounty to an american -- to american troops and labeled terrorists. it may be the prosecuting authorities believe it would be better justice to have this person tried in regular court. we know the regular courts have convicted 400-something odd, 470, i think, terrorists whereas the military courts have convicted five or six. we also know that the statutory underpinnings of the military courts are under channel and will be under challenge in the courts and anyone convicted there will probably go for years
it does not demand the closing of guantanamo. it does say that detainees, whether they're held at guantanamo or somewhere else, can come to the united states if the administration decides that they should be tried in a regular court or can be tried in the military court at guantanamo or even somewhere else. now it may be that we keep talking about terrorists. some of these people are terrorists. some are accused of being terrorists. and are not. some were simply picked up by a rival group in...
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let's stick with guantanamo bay. host: those the taint -- guest: they do have the right of habeas corpus. many of them have filed with attorneys these petitions, which essentially just forces the government to explain why they are being held and what the grounds are. judges have ruled on a number of these cases. in fact, for the majority, judges have ruled in favor of the detainees and said they must be released. many of those are now on appeal. some people have been released at the order courts in washington. host: here is a clear message from james. -- which are message from james. -- twitter message from james. guest: there is a controversy over whether you to treat terrorism as a crime or an act of war. so, these guys are being treated, essentially, as prisoners of war, as opposed to being charged with specific crimes and taken to federal court. host: independent caller, danny, welcome to the conversation. caller: looking at this secrecy, they do not want the truth coming out to the american public running afghan
let's stick with guantanamo bay. host: those the taint -- guest: they do have the right of habeas corpus. many of them have filed with attorneys these petitions, which essentially just forces the government to explain why they are being held and what the grounds are. judges have ruled on a number of these cases. in fact, for the majority, judges have ruled in favor of the detainees and said they must be released. many of those are now on appeal. some people have been released at the order...
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back in his campaign, closing guantanamo was a high part of his platform. it went as far as to close it down in his first year in office, a feat he did not achieve. partially because of a lack of support from europe. >> the hopes were that european states would take guantanamo bay inmates, but europe did not give obama much help. that is an example of the west needing your's help. it -- that is an example of the u.s. meeting europe's help. >> i think the europeans are schizophrenic on this. they say we should close guantanamo, but i don't see much readiness on the part of the europeans to take some of the people and put them someplace where they take them off our hands. >> the united front is always presented for the cameras, but obama as european partners failed to give him the support he needed to solve the guantanamo problem. europe and the u.s. also took a long time to agree on a unified approach to handling muammar gaddafi's murderous violence against his own people in libya. germany was against bombing tripoli, what the french and british wanted to ac
back in his campaign, closing guantanamo was a high part of his platform. it went as far as to close it down in his first year in office, a feat he did not achieve. partially because of a lack of support from europe. >> the hopes were that european states would take guantanamo bay inmates, but europe did not give obama much help. that is an example of the west needing your's help. it -- that is an example of the u.s. meeting europe's help. >> i think the europeans are schizophrenic...
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and none of this torture saves lives at guantanamo by the u.s. own admission ninety five percent of the people there overwhelmingly they were tortured ninety five percent of them had nothing to do with al-qaeda with the taliban they were just people in the wrong place at the wrong time from young from young children to old men so this idea that torture is going to provide any information it's really using terror and that is really what the war on terror is all about terrorizing whole parts of the population and we should also keep in mind it's not just supporter of individuals there have been more than a thousand assassinations by drone a trap attack where there's no question of even who's examined what information they have there assumed guilty and a limb unaided so this is really international wallace but what do you say to people are atrocities occurred people who are obviously extremely upset and angry about the fact that authorities have alerted something like that to happen they also the authorities you must have known why did you do someth
and none of this torture saves lives at guantanamo by the u.s. own admission ninety five percent of the people there overwhelmingly they were tortured ninety five percent of them had nothing to do with al-qaeda with the taliban they were just people in the wrong place at the wrong time from young from young children to old men so this idea that torture is going to provide any information it's really using terror and that is really what the war on terror is all about terrorizing whole parts of...
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guantanamo is no abu ghraib. detainees are treated in a matter that i don' conforms to international law and honors our values. guantanamo detainees receive three meals a day tailored to their preferences of each detainee. they also have access to top-notch health care faciliti facilities. their religion is respected. they have television, newspapers, books, english and art classes. in fact, the officials at guantanamo bend over backwards to respect the cultural and religious preferences of the detainees that are held there. don't get me wrong, guantanamo is no club med, but the terrorists who are detained there, most of who would undoubtedly kill americans if they were given the chance, are getting much better treatment than they deserve. and as a former prosecutor, i've been in a few prisons in my time and i can tell you that the facility at guantanamo bay, the detention facility there is much nicer than some that our common criminals are in, in the united states of america. as a former prosecutor, i was also i
guantanamo is no abu ghraib. detainees are treated in a matter that i don' conforms to international law and honors our values. guantanamo detainees receive three meals a day tailored to their preferences of each detainee. they also have access to top-notch health care faciliti facilities. their religion is respected. they have television, newspapers, books, english and art classes. in fact, the officials at guantanamo bend over backwards to respect the cultural and religious preferences of the...
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he's in custody at guantanamo bay. mustafa ahmed al haw sa which is in guantanamo bail, as well. there is only one major player in the 9/11 conspiracy not in custody and his whereabouts are unknown. ayman al zawahiri is known as osama bin laden's top lieutenant. often seen next to bin laden in his videos, he's presumed to be still alive and perhaps best positioned to take over leadership of what's left of al qaeda, his whereabouts unknown. >>> well, today the world can't forget is especially poignant for a group of american teenagers. we'll hear how they remember president bush in their classroom on that morning of 9/11. ant a warm, super-delics strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sure you do. hey! you can have the pop tart! pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat pillsbury toaster strudel. coldwell banker. we never stop moving. [ thunder rumbles ] [ male announcer ] the motorola xoom. designed to access anything and everything on the internet with adobe flash. upgradable to 4g lte for blazing-fast web surfing. and access to the fast growing,
he's in custody at guantanamo bay. mustafa ahmed al haw sa which is in guantanamo bail, as well. there is only one major player in the 9/11 conspiracy not in custody and his whereabouts are unknown. ayman al zawahiri is known as osama bin laden's top lieutenant. often seen next to bin laden in his videos, he's presumed to be still alive and perhaps best positioned to take over leadership of what's left of al qaeda, his whereabouts unknown. >>> well, today the world can't forget is...
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as a haven for extremism with at least thirty five guantanamo detainees having at least passed through the u.k. is the u.k. still a haven for terrorists going to still be ahead of a terrorist but certainly a haven for all the darks and former regime dictators that have come here i mean remember the famous pinochet trial or the execution of an injury from the u.k. which the i thought resistant. incredibly using a lawyer that is involved in in trying to fix it right with me from the united kingdom now part of that is perhaps cool and it's an example of true people losing in the united kingdom everyone come here we'll take you know. on the other hand there does seem to be. connect between would really supporting free speech activists like me who come to the a-k. but on the other hand it is supporting people like sons of it often and the guantanamo information why has wiki leaks released it now i mean it seems to sort of sort of to be to be all to the facts is it because that bomb has recently announced his we're election campaign and obviously we're closing guantanamo it was one of his ma
as a haven for extremism with at least thirty five guantanamo detainees having at least passed through the u.k. is the u.k. still a haven for terrorists going to still be ahead of a terrorist but certainly a haven for all the darks and former regime dictators that have come here i mean remember the famous pinochet trial or the execution of an injury from the u.k. which the i thought resistant. incredibly using a lawyer that is involved in in trying to fix it right with me from the united...
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la inteligencia. >> si la inteligencia salió de y y la persona que ayudó a guantánamo está legítimo ando. >> los seudónimos y los apodos de los choferes que resultan ser los emisarios que llevan los mensajes, salen de guantánamo, de las interrogatorios de guantánamo, uno diría qué sabe un chofer o un cocinero. >> determina la dieta que necesitaba osama bin laden. >> y ahí es donde viene la clave en el 2004 que lleva al rastreo de estos individuos que nos lleva hasta agosto del año pasado donde se da. >> pero en su opinión octavio legítima?. >> sí porque todo tiene valor en la inteligencia, no solo lo que ocurre en el campo de batalla, todo en el rompe cabezas tiene su valor. >> la opinión pública y el mundo entero está pidiendo pruebas, vamos a conocer las pruebas con el cuerpo de bin laden. >> el mismo enemigo ha reconocido que lo han matado, está muerto, pero no es suficiente pero tendrán que sacar fotos a la palestra para que se convenza que sí murió. >> en que hablaba de la información importante que se encontró en la computadora en una caja de bin laden qué
la inteligencia. >> si la inteligencia salió de y y la persona que ayudó a guantánamo está legítimo ando. >> los seudónimos y los apodos de los choferes que resultan ser los emisarios que llevan los mensajes, salen de guantánamo, de las interrogatorios de guantánamo, uno diría qué sabe un chofer o un cocinero. >> determina la dieta que necesitaba osama bin laden. >> y ahí es donde viene la clave en el 2004 que lleva al rastreo de estos individuos que nos lleva...
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that was taken in guantanamo a few years ago. here's an interesting thing. he said, for many years khalid sheikh mohammed said it was unislammic to take pictures of living things and in this picture he spent hours and hours posing for the red cross photographer to take that picture at guantanamo. >> did he know what he was doing? >> absolutely. >> why would the red cross help him in this process? >> well, that's a very good question. i guess the official answer, which i was told, was that it's -- in order to ensure the family of the detainees that the detainees are being well treated, they would take photographs of them but the propaganda value of the photo was enormous and within days of the family receiving the photo it was on al qaeda web sites around the world. >> let's go back over -- >> and the "new york times" shortly after. >> let's go over what khalid sheikh mohammed has done and how much of this has been proved. >> i don't think there's any great doubt about his role in most of these although there are questions about some of the operations. he cam
that was taken in guantanamo a few years ago. here's an interesting thing. he said, for many years khalid sheikh mohammed said it was unislammic to take pictures of living things and in this picture he spent hours and hours posing for the red cross photographer to take that picture at guantanamo. >> did he know what he was doing? >> absolutely. >> why would the red cross help him in this process? >> well, that's a very good question. i guess the official answer, which i...
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as a haven for extremism with at least thirty five guantanamo detainees having at least passed through the u.k. is the u.k. still a haven for terrorists still being a haven for terrorists certainly even for other products and former regime the papers that have come here i mean remember the famous pinochet trial or the extradition of financially from the u.k. which the thatcher resisted. incredibly using a lawyer it is involved in in trying to fix it right with me from the iraqi people now part of that is perhaps could be example of true we've been losing in the united kingdom everyone come here we were taken. on the other hand there does seem to be if you connect between music really supporting free speech activists like me who come to the u.k. . i think over here and. supporting people like sons of it often and the guantanamo information war has worked for me it's released it now i mean it seems to sort of sort of to be to be off to the fact is it because obama has recently announced his we're election campaign and obviously closing guantanamo was one of his main election promises was
as a haven for extremism with at least thirty five guantanamo detainees having at least passed through the u.k. is the u.k. still a haven for terrorists still being a haven for terrorists certainly even for other products and former regime the papers that have come here i mean remember the famous pinochet trial or the extradition of financially from the u.k. which the thatcher resisted. incredibly using a lawyer it is involved in in trying to fix it right with me from the iraqi people now part...
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smith's amendment does not close guantÁnamo. it does not say that every prisoner must be moved to illinois or new jersey or tennessee or anywhere else in the united states. what it says is that in circumstances like the 400 times the terrorists were tried in article iii courts, that if the president, the secretary of defense, the attorney general, director of national intelligence, others involved in this decision, if they conclude that the best course is to try that detainee in an article iii courts, they are given the authority to do so. not to mandate that the authority. you know, for us to pre-judge and for us to decide that under all circumstances in all contexts at all times it is never the right thing to try one of these people in an article iii courts i think is a significant mistake. if that prohibition had been put on the united states, according to our research, 400 times in the last 10 to 12 years would not have been able to try people in article iii courts. i think military commissions have a place. i think some if
smith's amendment does not close guantÁnamo. it does not say that every prisoner must be moved to illinois or new jersey or tennessee or anywhere else in the united states. what it says is that in circumstances like the 400 times the terrorists were tried in article iii courts, that if the president, the secretary of defense, the attorney general, director of national intelligence, others involved in this decision, if they conclude that the best course is to try that detainee in an article iii...
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but you know i think guantanamo must be closed it's a torture center like i would grade like bob graham chrism it tells the whole world that the united states is nothing by torturing the obama administration came in and it is part of his first statement one of his first proclamations he said we're going to close this because it's such a. blemish on the image of the united states and yet two years later guantanamo is open the military commission for all is our starting the obama administration and hillary clinton need to find a way to walk back from their earlier position that they had pledged to close this torture center so this becomes a convenient pretext to maintain this ugly awful torture center under the aegis of the united states government what do you think about the timing of this is just a few weeks after obama announced her reelection run do you think that's a coincidence i don't think it's a coincidence i think there's a lot of politics they say they've been at watching this facility for a long time since at least august two thousand and ten just remember osama bin laden acco
but you know i think guantanamo must be closed it's a torture center like i would grade like bob graham chrism it tells the whole world that the united states is nothing by torturing the obama administration came in and it is part of his first statement one of his first proclamations he said we're going to close this because it's such a. blemish on the image of the united states and yet two years later guantanamo is open the military commission for all is our starting the obama administration...
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although we have not closed guantanamo within the time period that we initially indicated it is still the intention of the president and it is still my intention to close the facility that it exists in guantanamo really as eric holder slept through the last oh i don't know year or so give notice questions yes then presidential candidate obama vowed to shut down the facility within the first year of office but frankly those efforts to shut it down it pretty much stopped altogether thanks in part to outcry from both democrats and republicans and legislation blocking the movement of detainees to american soil as well as what seems to be a change of heart from the commander in chief in fact obama officially turned pro get no earlier this year when he signed an executive order to resume military commissions for detainees there wasn't planning on closing the facility after obama held a press conference and splaying that he is going to affirm the white house policy of indefinite detention for suspected terrorists one of the toughest problems is what to do with people that we know are dangero
although we have not closed guantanamo within the time period that we initially indicated it is still the intention of the president and it is still my intention to close the facility that it exists in guantanamo really as eric holder slept through the last oh i don't know year or so give notice questions yes then presidential candidate obama vowed to shut down the facility within the first year of office but frankly those efforts to shut it down it pretty much stopped altogether thanks in part...
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as a haven for extremism with at least thirty five guantanamo detainees having at least pulsed three u.k. is the u.k. still a haven for terrorists but still being a haven for terrorists you certainly behave in for all the guards and former regime dictators that have come to you i mean we're going to famous pinochet trial with the exclusion of potentially from the u.k. which i thought you were resistant. incredibly using a lawyer that he was involved in in trying to exit right me from the united kingdom now part of that is perhaps going to an example of true liberalism in the painting if you want to come he will take you. on the other hand it does seem to be it is connect between he's really supporting him free speech activists like me who come to the u.k. but on the other hand he's supporting people like sons of it often and this is guantanamo information why has wiki leaks released it now i mean it seems to sort of sort of to be to be all to the fact is it because obama has recently announced. election campaign obviously we're closing guantanamo it was one of his main election promi
as a haven for extremism with at least thirty five guantanamo detainees having at least pulsed three u.k. is the u.k. still a haven for terrorists but still being a haven for terrorists you certainly behave in for all the guards and former regime dictators that have come to you i mean we're going to famous pinochet trial with the exclusion of potentially from the u.k. which i thought you were resistant. incredibly using a lawyer that he was involved in in trying to exit right me from the united...
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bay guantanamo bay if the president had his way president obama had his way he would to shut it down preemptively and we didn't get a say in the intelligence that we've got other get out of guantanamo bay in the last two years and the fact that we have military bases in afghanistan that possible good for us to go to pakistan and i thought we had gone into pakistan probation germany we had so you know you can't take away from the fact that president bush helped start the process that president obama finished both deserve credit enhanced interrogation techniques did help get this information i'm curious your take i think it's too early to say what exactly got the information we've heard a lot of conflicting things around what i would say is this george bush spent eight years waging a multiple wars and even get close to catching osama bin laden if he had focus purely on sort of smarter intelligence sort of good sort of counterinsurgency good counterterrorism i think that maybe could have gotten him i'm i'm obviously not some of the men and women in uniform there who are limited yeah i m
bay guantanamo bay if the president had his way president obama had his way he would to shut it down preemptively and we didn't get a say in the intelligence that we've got other get out of guantanamo bay in the last two years and the fact that we have military bases in afghanistan that possible good for us to go to pakistan and i thought we had gone into pakistan probation germany we had so you know you can't take away from the fact that president bush helped start the process that president...
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as a haven for extremism with at least thirty five guantanamo detainees having at least past three you k. is the u.k. still a haven for terrorists still being a haven for terrorists certainly a haven for all the guards and former regime dictators who come here i mean you remember the famous pinochet trial where the execution of pinochet from the u.k. which the if that's true resistance. incredibly using a lawyer that is involved in in trying to exit right and me from the united kingdom now part of that is perhaps a good it's an example of true liberalism in the united kingdom everyone come here . on the other hand there does seem to be at least connect between these really supporting free speech activists like me who can't communicate but on the other hand it is supporting people like sons of gadhafi and tell the information why has within weeks released it now i mean it seems to sort of sort of to be to be off to the fact is it because obama has recently announced his we're election campaign and obviously closing guantanamo was one of his main election promises was a number of reasons
as a haven for extremism with at least thirty five guantanamo detainees having at least past three you k. is the u.k. still a haven for terrorists still being a haven for terrorists certainly a haven for all the guards and former regime dictators who come here i mean you remember the famous pinochet trial where the execution of pinochet from the u.k. which the if that's true resistance. incredibly using a lawyer that is involved in in trying to exit right and me from the united kingdom now part...
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his views ranging from arab uprisings to guantanamo to why the web is spying on you that's next right here on alt. julian draxler talking to r.t. now through the course of your work it's reasonable to assume that you have some insights into how that political decision is a big mate what do you make of the recent events in the middle east and north africa do you think that we're seeing genuine social unrest or are we seeing some kind of orchestrated revolt and if so who do you think is behind or who is genuine change in some parts of the little things i mean egypt is a critical mass and i was concerned in the beginning of the egyptian revolution as to when and where we could sort of changing of the chairs and it. made its of the same existing power structure or even something really different was happening after mubarak. played kyra we saw the revolutions occurring in every institution we've seen here for example. i'm so good that's a sort of change it's hard for them to know what's happening in some other country . different so the situation in libya is really has all been a state act
his views ranging from arab uprisings to guantanamo to why the web is spying on you that's next right here on alt. julian draxler talking to r.t. now through the course of your work it's reasonable to assume that you have some insights into how that political decision is a big mate what do you make of the recent events in the middle east and north africa do you think that we're seeing genuine social unrest or are we seeing some kind of orchestrated revolt and if so who do you think is behind or...
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it's true he failed to live up to his promise on guantanamo. he has failed to keep his promise about trying to khalid shaikh mohammed and the other architects of 9/11 in new york on trial. it is clear he has gone back to the guidelines in the army field manual. we don't torture. he says we don't have black sites. let's give him credit for the things he's done right. i agree with you this is a moment to say push harder, push harder on the things he hasn't been able to fulfill. one of them is guantanamo, someone secret trials, one of them is military commissions in lieu of real trials, those are the place we was to push hard. i agree with you this is the moment to pivot this is the moment to say, as a symbolic matter, wart on terror ended this weekend, let's go back to america the way america was. let's go become to the america that the rest of the world looked to as a beacon of the rule of law. >> dalia, you are absolutely right. give him credit on stopping torture, else to add to the list, indefinite detentions, warrantless wire tank with he ha
it's true he failed to live up to his promise on guantanamo. he has failed to keep his promise about trying to khalid shaikh mohammed and the other architects of 9/11 in new york on trial. it is clear he has gone back to the guidelines in the army field manual. we don't torture. he says we don't have black sites. let's give him credit for the things he's done right. i agree with you this is a moment to say push harder, push harder on the things he hasn't been able to fulfill. one of them is...
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to guantanamo and torture it for five years it will make sarin. where i would agree that i'm remember. because i refused to sign a. person they would term are. very old my a lot of. crime. so i was. never charged with any crimes or it's now back home in germany the vast majority of the hundreds of individuals who've been held at guantanamo since two thousand and two like moroc are said to be of no intelligence value whatsoever some of them were children when they were captured like canadian citizen omar carter who was just fifteen when he was taken into u.s. custody he said because he was tortured he was ready to say anything the torture is running from here to stop the pain the international community has wisely condemned the unlawful practices of the us prison amnesty international called the gulag of times and matthew alexander has carried out more than three hundred interrogations in iraq and helped track down a number of terrorists he says torture it was used by the u.s. authorities in guantanamo and other prisons overseas like the infamous a
to guantanamo and torture it for five years it will make sarin. where i would agree that i'm remember. because i refused to sign a. person they would term are. very old my a lot of. crime. so i was. never charged with any crimes or it's now back home in germany the vast majority of the hundreds of individuals who've been held at guantanamo since two thousand and two like moroc are said to be of no intelligence value whatsoever some of them were children when they were captured like canadian...
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authorities in guantanamo and other prisons overseas like the infamous abu ghraib in iraq contributed to more terror when i was in iraq and i oversaw the interrogations of foreign fighters and those foreign fighters the majority of them said time and time again the reason they come to iraq to fight was because of the torture and abuse detainees and both are great and went on obey and this is not in my opinion a department offense tracked the statistics and they were briefed every interrogator right there that the. torture and abuse was okayed as number one recruiting tool and so this policy of torture and. used to not make america safer what it did was it caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of american soldiers recently in the wake of all the cheering about bin laden's death when asked about torture the cia director so whether we would have gotten the same information through other approaches i think it's always going to be an open question just a few years ago when brock obama was running for president on promises to shut down guantanamo and stop the torture it was presented a
authorities in guantanamo and other prisons overseas like the infamous abu ghraib in iraq contributed to more terror when i was in iraq and i oversaw the interrogations of foreign fighters and those foreign fighters the majority of them said time and time again the reason they come to iraq to fight was because of the torture and abuse detainees and both are great and went on obey and this is not in my opinion a department offense tracked the statistics and they were briefed every interrogator...
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three people were water boarded by the cia, away from guantanamo and later brought to guantanamo. and in fact, as you point out, the information that came from those individuals was critically important. >> last question, does george w. bush deserve as much credit for what happened sunday as president obama? well, the current administration would not have had the kinds of intelligence that was critically important, nor would they have had the special forces in the numbers with the equipment, with the training, with the authorities and with the experience. we increased their budget, i think, four-fold, during the time i was in the pentagon. we increased the numbers in the special operations people, by 50%. their equipment's been improved. those capabilities to deal with asymmetric threats were developed during the george w. bush administration. let there be no doubt about. it we give credit to the current administration for making the decisions they made and clearly, the bush administration is the one that developed and nurtured those capabilities. >> all right. defense secretary,
three people were water boarded by the cia, away from guantanamo and later brought to guantanamo. and in fact, as you point out, the information that came from those individuals was critically important. >> last question, does george w. bush deserve as much credit for what happened sunday as president obama? well, the current administration would not have had the kinds of intelligence that was critically important, nor would they have had the special forces in the numbers with the...
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i don't think anything we did with regard to the al qaeda leaders in guantanamo bay or method on the top leaders will change the way al qaeda acts against us. >> i agree there that we are not dealing with people who will temper down their own approach and attempts in dialing with us. great case is daniel pearl who was a journal >> defendant: and behead by these people. we are not talking about people who think like we domp please stay with me. when we come back, i want to talk about what happened this week with the killing of osama bin laden. you wrote a piece in the wall street journal and i will ask the> this week the killing of osama bin laden has been celebrated by freedom loving people and certainly americans around . do you feel a since of vindication that information that led to the killing was obtained by water boarding. >> it is it a vindication of the bush administration policy . without the policy on interrogation and wire tapping, both of which are put into place under president obama, we would never have gotten the intelligence necessary to find osama bin la
i don't think anything we did with regard to the al qaeda leaders in guantanamo bay or method on the top leaders will change the way al qaeda acts against us. >> i agree there that we are not dealing with people who will temper down their own approach and attempts in dialing with us. great case is daniel pearl who was a journal >> defendant: and behead by these people. we are not talking about people who think like we domp please stay with me. when we come back, i want to talk about...
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strong position against the military commissions and the reluctance that you showed towards closing guantanamo, you issued a rather strong statement about the disappointment with the congress with respect to our efforts to keep guantanamo open and the efforts to military tribunals. i think it's an important question to ask you whether or not since you imposed a trial, whether you would have imposed a military trial for osama bin laden and rather given him the protections of a civilian trial. my position is often times mischaracterized. >> i sent five or six other cases to military tribunals. i don't have a problem with the commissions. but the decision i made in the khalid sheikh mohammed case was based on my review of the facts and tactical decisions that no member of congress had the ability to see. >> so it was tactical rather than civilian courts being the one that can uphold the constitutional notionsf fair play as opposed to a military tribunal. >> i think our military commissions are, in fact, especially since they have been modified are constitutional and can give fair trials. but the
strong position against the military commissions and the reluctance that you showed towards closing guantanamo, you issued a rather strong statement about the disappointment with the congress with respect to our efforts to keep guantanamo open and the efforts to military tribunals. i think it's an important question to ask you whether or not since you imposed a trial, whether you would have imposed a military trial for osama bin laden and rather given him the protections of a civilian trial. my...
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laden and george bush's war on terror which i hope president obama ends because it's time to close guantanamo and time to stop committing the injustices that we should be better than. because we must not descend to the levels -- >> mona -- >> can i jump in? >> before you do so, mona, you raised a host of issues there, that maybe we can revisit another day. hibah, respond how you reacted to what you saw at ground zero, either by being there, more likely given that you're in albuquerque, to watching it on tv. >> i have to say that when 9/11 happened, when i saw these scenes of muslims celebrating in the street, it was so horrific to me and it was completely distasteful. and i think like mona said, americans are better than this. we need to take a higher moral ground. we need to not celebrate death in this way and instead show people we are humbled by these
laden and george bush's war on terror which i hope president obama ends because it's time to close guantanamo and time to stop committing the injustices that we should be better than. because we must not descend to the levels -- >> mona -- >> can i jump in? >> before you do so, mona, you raised a host of issues there, that maybe we can revisit another day. hibah, respond how you reacted to what you saw at ground zero, either by being there, more likely given that you're in...
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to the fact is it because obama has recently announced his we're election campaign obviously closing guantanamo was one of his main election promises was a number of reasons why we released now. the primary one is that we are a small benighted from very committed one and last year we came under it's extraordinary attack all these things continue to go on and so they really dampen down our ability to move quickly and probably quickly the timing is good obama has given up on closing guantanamo bay to the side to reopen the trial process and we now have a situation where even the. ministration i think forty eight of the people who request one of them are completely innocent and that they should be sent somebody i mean up in some way so completely innocent people are incarcerated for years and even years no trial and no one really knows no country with three thousand including the state for the united states has made them a problem. in nine states was involved in rounding up these innocent people setting up a process that was from the very beginning corrupt there's a reason why they're in guantanam
to the fact is it because obama has recently announced his we're election campaign obviously closing guantanamo was one of his main election promises was a number of reasons why we released now. the primary one is that we are a small benighted from very committed one and last year we came under it's extraordinary attack all these things continue to go on and so they really dampen down our ability to move quickly and probably quickly the timing is good obama has given up on closing guantanamo...
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>> well, thomas, i have been to guantanamo bay and wrote a report at mccaffery.com, and it is one of the best-run correction facilities anywhere on the face of the earth and part of it is a counterintelligence service, that while respecting the rights of the accused, they don't go into their lawyer's writings, et cetera, and still a lot of intelligence comes out of it. perhaps a third of those people are global terrorists of some danger. so, i was glad to see again it paid off, but a lot of the intel that we get at guantanamo does directly pay off in making america safer. >> sir, the military officials say that the order was to kill bin laden and not to capture him. is the obvious question here why? >> well, thank god. we would have gone through all sorts of gyrations. the trial would have gone on for years. we would have tried to protect our intelligence sources, as we did so, and there would have been terrorist incidents trying to affect the trial, and this is the right income to kill this mass murderer. >> the compound, though, where osama bin laden was found was not far from a pa
>> well, thomas, i have been to guantanamo bay and wrote a report at mccaffery.com, and it is one of the best-run correction facilities anywhere on the face of the earth and part of it is a counterintelligence service, that while respecting the rights of the accused, they don't go into their lawyer's writings, et cetera, and still a lot of intelligence comes out of it. perhaps a third of those people are global terrorists of some danger. so, i was glad to see again it paid off, but a lot...
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i don't think anything we did with regard to the al qaeda leaders in guantanamo bay or method on the top leaders will change the way al qaeda acts against us. >> i agree there that we are not dealing with people who will temper down their own approach and attempts in dialing with us. great case is daniel pearl who was a journal >> defendant: and behead by these people. we are not talking about people who think like we domp please stay with me. when we come back, i want to talk about what happened this week with the killing of osama bin laden. you wrote a piece in the wall street journal and i will ask street journal and i will ask yo♪ about that. there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. ti cats premium line of litters now works harder to help neutralize odors in multiple-cat homes. and our improved formula also helps eliminate dust. so it's easier than ever to keep your house smelling just the way you want it. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has o
i don't think anything we did with regard to the al qaeda leaders in guantanamo bay or method on the top leaders will change the way al qaeda acts against us. >> i agree there that we are not dealing with people who will temper down their own approach and attempts in dialing with us. great case is daniel pearl who was a journal >> defendant: and behead by these people. we are not talking about people who think like we domp please stay with me. when we come back, i want to talk about...
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is it because obama has recently announced his we're election campaign and obviously we're closing guantanamo was one of his main election promises was a number of reasons why we have released now. the primary one is that we are a small. very committed one and last year we came under a six year ordinary attack all these things continue to go on and so they really dampen down their ability to move quickly because the timing is good obama has given up on closing guantanamo i just decided to reopen to our prices and we now have a situation where even the. i'm going to straighten it forty eight of these people here when i was one of them are completely in the band that they should be since i've been up in some way so completely innocent people incarcerated for years and you need no trial no hope really no no country route greta included thirty three united states has made its problem. and nine states was involved in rounding up and he's innocent people setting up a process that was from the very beginning corrupt there's a reason why they're in guantanamo and not why the u.s. made right and not y
is it because obama has recently announced his we're election campaign and obviously we're closing guantanamo was one of his main election promises was a number of reasons why we have released now. the primary one is that we are a small. very committed one and last year we came under a six year ordinary attack all these things continue to go on and so they really dampen down their ability to move quickly because the timing is good obama has given up on closing guantanamo i just decided to...